formality
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The King shook off royal formality and replaced it with some dance moves on the second day of his nine-day visit to the Caribbean.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
His writing has a certain formality and a genericness that doesn’t always feel like him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
She has filled out a government form demanding compensation from Russia -- a bureaucratic formality.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
This could have played out differently had Team Jackson not cleared the field ahead of what is now a formality.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
He wanted to give a lecture on his new art form but by this time the formality was broken.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
The man submitted to standard airport health screening in Nairobi, and passed through immigration formalities, officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Their team-mates and the Elche players continued to wear the shirts through the pre-match formalities.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Around an hour later, she told him the Nepal immigration formalities were complete and that the group was waiting to cross into Tibet.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“There are some formalities to it,” said Saltarelli.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Oh yeah, VC, VC, I know! I’m Redd. You all are Magdalys and Amaya. I got the description. And sorry to rush you and cut through the formalities ’n’ whatnot, but we gotta roll!”
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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